Richard Bennett, 29, and currently with HMP Hindley in Wigan, also admitted various incidents, including possession of a gun intended to scare a Skelmersdale woman into fear of violence last February and the attack on an amputee who later died suffered an epileptic fit in July.
Preston’s Sessions House Court heard the break-in occurred on March 28, 2019
Richard Haworth, the prosecutor, said the owners locked and secured the two-story duplex on Avenue, Ingol, on March 20 to begin the trip.
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He added: “When they returned home on April 6, they found a message from the police that the property had been broken into.
“He noticed that her safe was in the middle of the front room floor.”
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Jewelry and watches were taken from her bedroom and the house alarm had been ripped from the wall and the wires had been cut.
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Meeting housePolice linked Bennett and a co-defendant to the crime using a combination of ANPR and speed camera evidence and their cellphone activity, but gave an interview without comment.
The couple’s property was never regained.
Recorder Blakey sentenced to immediate jail time.
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